Serum Antibodies Against Intact Human Collagen IX Are Elevated at Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis But Are Not Related to Development of Erosions.

J Rheumatol. 2008 Mar 15;

Authors: Jäälinoja J, Nissilä M, Kauppi MJ, Hakala M, Laiho K, Karttunen R, Hörkkö S, Ala-Kokko L

OBJECTIVE: We describe a 38-year-old patient with ankylosing spondylitis complicated by a non-traumatic dissection of the ascending aorta without concomitant Marfan's syndrome.

PMID: 18381798 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]